The settlement follows a state investigation into plastic bags sold as recyclable despite limited evidence they could be processed by recycling facilities in practice.

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A coalition of plastic film recyclers and reusable bag manufacturers today launched the Responsible Recycling Alliance (RRA), a coalition organized to help ...

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A report from Freedonia Custom Research found that New Jersey’s single-use bag ban, while dramatically cutting the number of disposable bags in ...

Repeat Performance:Pete Grande at Command Packaging’s facility in Vernon. While most plastic bag manufacturers in California and around the nation are pouring millions of dollars into defeating a ban ...

The Progressive Bag Affiliates has launched an initiative to promote bag recycling throughout the nation. Several of the country's biggest bag manufacturers will begin printing a message on their bags ...

In California, prosecutors are launching a new front in the fight against deceptive recycling claims. The Golden State’s Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it had sent letters to seven top ...

"We believe that this next year will be a great opportunity to analyze the impact." Lawmakers spark backlash with controversial proposals impacting everyday shoppers: 'An unnecessary source' first ...

“Paper or plastic?” Your days are numbered. The question that millions of shoppers have heard for years when they roll up to the checkout aisle at grocery stores will soon be a thing of the past. On ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Stephen Joseph, counsel for SaveThePlasticBag.com-- a group that ...

Two weeks after the state increased the fee for reusable plastic bags, lawmakers are considering competing legislation that would either reduce the fee and reintroduce thinner, single-use plastic ...